Sips & Synopsis - This Weeks Makings

• Quietly Bold Cocktails you can Stir

• Trivia Question

• Drink of the Week - Sake Martini

• Mocktail Moment: Cucumber Green Tea Refresher

• The Art of the Stir

☀️ What’s in Your Glass This Week...

We’re in that late summer sweet spot where less is more - fewer ingredients, slower movements, deeper flavors. This week is about quietly bold cocktails you can stir in your favorite glass and sip like you mean it.

✔️ 3 smooth, spirit-forward stirred cocktails
✔️ 1 mocktail with elegant flavor and no fuzz
✔️ A story about slowing down and sipping with intention
✔️ Trivia & a quote to stir up good energy

Let’s cool off with a little elegance, one stir at a time.

Trivia Question❓

Which famous fictional spy is known for ordering his martinis "shaken, not stirred"?

Answer at the bottom of the newsletter

🍸 Drink of the Week: Sake Martini

A softer, more delicate take on the classic martini - perfect for warm evenings when you want something crisp, clean, and effortlessly elevated.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz gin (or vodka if you prefer)

• 1 oz dry sake

• Thin cucumber slice (garnish)

Directions:

1. Fill a mixing glass with ice.

2. Add gin and sake.

3. Stir for 30 seconds until well-chilled.

4. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass.

5. Garnish with a cucumber slice.

Flavor note: It’s botanical and dry like a martini, but with the umami silkiness of sake. It goes down like a whisper and leaves a lasting impression.

🍊 Bonus Stirred Cocktails

1. Negroni Bianco

• 1 oz gin

• 1 oz blanc vermouth

• 1 oz Suze (or Cocchi Americano)

• Stir over ice and strain into a rocks glass over a large cube. Garnish with orange peel.

2. Boulevardier

• 1 oz bourbon

• 1 oz Campari

• 1 oz sweet vermouth

• Stir and serve over ice. Garnish with a cherry or orange twist.

🍃 Mocktail Moment: Cucumber Green Tea Refresher

Ingredients:

• 4 oz cold-brewed green tea

• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice

• 0.5 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey + hot water)

• Cucumber ribbon + mint

Stir in a tall glass over ice and garnish with cucumber and mint. It's crisp, refreshing, and adult in all the right ways.

The Art of the Stir

Recently, after a long, busy summer dinner party, I found myself alone in the kitchen at golden hour. No more blending, shaking, or muddling - in the kind of quiet that begs you to do things slowly.

That’s when I remembered: there’s magic in the stir.
It’s not just about combining ingredients - it’s about chilling with intention. Stirring gently gives the cocktail time to come together, to mellow, to shine.

The first sip of that sake martini? Cool, soft, layered. No splash. No clink. Just quiet, cool brilliance.

Stirring reminds you: not everything worth savoring needs to be flashy.

Upgrade Your Stir Game

Want to feel like a real pro with minimal effort? Here’s your toolkit:

• 🧊 Viski Crystal Mixing Glass — elegant, heavy base, perfect for quiet cocktail prep

• 🌀 Stainless Steel Bar Spoon — long enough for any glass, great for layering and swirling